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Photographing the unhoused is an important thing to me. I spent many of my early days as a photographer taking pictures of people who live on the streets. In doing so I got to hear many stories about how one ends up unhoused in LA. Much of what I heard goes against the commonly cited idea that these people are “lazy” or would rather “do drugs and get welfare than work.” On the contrary a number of folks that I have photographed work low wage jobs around the city or found drug use to be their only reprieve from the trauma of life on the streets, a coping mechanism. Some of the kindest and gentlest people I have ever photographed live unhoused. Each of these people has a story, is someone’s child, and is not too different from you or I.